Newly elected Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin reaches for one of the balloons dropped at her victory party in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Fallin leveraged her two decades of roots in Oklahoma ... more

Newly elected Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin reaches for one of the balloons dropped at her victory party in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Fallin leveraged her two decades of roots in Oklahoma politics to energize Republican voters and smash a gender barrier and become the state's first female governor and finishing a GOP sweep of state government. less